Harry gave out jam roly poly and opened a charity shop but he’s not spoken to us – TENANT TREVOR SIMPSON YESTERDAY
REDKNAPP EVICTIONS COULD LEAVE
Redknapp with wife Sandra set to give the go-ahead on Tuesday to proposals to convert the inside of the building to 14 flats and build five mews houses on surrounding land.
Sub-tenant Edward told us he moved in three and a half years ago after losing his job as a hospital porter.
He said he did not qualify for support from Bournemouth Council because he was not a high priority candidate. Wendy and Gerry offered him a room after an outreach worker suggested the Belgravia.
He said: “There’s nowhere in this town where you could move in without references, a deposit, and all of that.
“You’ve got to be perfect to move in somewhere and be a key holder. You also need thousands of pounds.
“We don’t know how we’re going to raise enough money. We want to know support is going to be there. We want to be resettled. We don’t want to be on the streets.”
Trevor Simpson, who moved in after leaving prison, said: “No-one really cares about homeless people. It’s the same across the whole country.
“Wendy will take anyone here. It doesn’t matter who you are, she’ll help you if you help yourself, and give you a roof over your head. We’ve put objections to the council, but we can’t stop it. All we want is for the council to sit down with Harry, talk things through and let us know where we stand so we can find somewhere to go.
“There is nowhere else. Even the ASDA car park plays bagpipe music
The Belgravia all night to keep people away. Nobody will take anyone without guarantors. Who’s going to guarantee us?
“I couldn’t live on the street. It would physically kill me. I know eight people who died last year.”
Tenants will be given a month’s notice to leave in writing at the start of April. They can be forgiven for
All we want to know is if he’s actually aware of what this is going to do to us JOANNE WHITE WHO GOT NO REPLY TO LETTER TO REDKNAPP
Charity Harry